---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 18:37:55 -0400 From: Eric M. Bram <gradivus@dreamscape.com> To: astro@store-forward.mindspring.com Subject: Re: Did Anyone Else See This ? Harry Taylor wrote: > You may have seen the NOSS formation of ocean surveillance satellites. > These are "officially" secret, and you won't find them listed by NASA, > however, their elements are regularly published by Ted Molczan of the > Canadian Space Society. I saw something interesting once, and supposed it was some sort of satellite, but never figured out what. Gazing upward from Big Bend park in Texas one night in later December 1978 I saw a star-like white light flash on and off about 5 times in rapid succession in about 1 second -- like five white "dits", about the brightness of a 3'rd or 4'th magnitude star. Then about a minute later another 5 flashes about 30 degrees to the south of that, then another minute later yet another 5 flashes, a further 30 degrees or so to the south. This was a clear night, in a primitive wilderness area with no ambient noises -- if it was from an aircraft it had to be at least U-2 height (no sound at all). I figured maybe a military polar orbit satellite doing laser ranging experiments, but who knows? -- Eric M. Bram gradivus@dreamscape.com -- Mar sali se muni --